To give people an idea of what someone else found most interesting or novel in the book: -- The "spark of joy" test (hold the object in your hand and ask yours

To give people an idea of what someone else found most interesting or novel in the book: -- The "spark of joy" test (hold the object in your hand and ask yourself, does this thing give me a spark of joy? if not, get rid of it) -- The consistent idea of respect for your things. This reminds me of older generations that more consistently mended clothing and fixed small home appliances. They understood that value of treating their possessions nicely (folding them well, storing them correctly) because it saved them time and money in later care. Many of us don't understand how to maintain our stuff -- we just get new socks when there's a little hole in the old one or wear the sock until the little hole is too big to fix. Kondo's book doesn't address fixing things, but it does address proper storage so that clothing lasts and performs better. -- Honestly, I love her folding methods and my sock and underwear space went from 2 drawers to 1. All my shirts now fit on one shelf as well. As someone who needs to see everything in order to process that totality, I was always accused of being messy before, because I'd rather keep all things things in view instead of in some stupid "storage solution." Now I can keep it all visible and look neat. Now how could I do this in my office?!